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June 2026
Monthly Meeting


NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Right Tree, Right Place, Right Fire Zone: A Look at San Diego’s Trees and Their Future, With Tony Gurnoe, June 20, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Native trees are all the rage, with municipalities such as Encinitas passing regulations that require new landscape development projects to include native species. Which trees count as native? Are they good choices for your yard? How do native trees relate to fire and California's new zone 0 regulations? We'll talk about all of these things while profiling some of San Diego's unique and often underappreciated local trees. Tony Gurnoe has conducted research related to native t
Jun 1
Articles


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Borrego Bonanza, Part II
By Jim Bishop. We made a visit to Borrego in February and another in March to check out this year’s super-bloom. Part I, which appeared...
Jun 1, 2019


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Borrego Bonanza, Part I
By Jim Bishop. As I’m sure you’ve heard this year’s bloom in the Anza Borrego Desert is spectacular. Who knew after the ‘super bloom’ in...
Apr 1, 2019


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Kasbah Tamadot, Morocco
By Jim Bishop. In my previous article I wrote about the agriculture in Morocco as we had observed it on a trip there last November....
Feb 1, 2019


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Road to Marrakech
By Jim Bishop. Last month we traveled with a group of friends to tour Morocco. It had been on our travel wish list for a while. Morocco...
Dec 1, 2018


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Wyoming's Wonderful Wildflowers
By Jim Bishop. In July, Scott and I visited western South Dakota and Wyoming. We were in search of alpine wildflowers in the mountains to...
Oct 1, 2018


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Crete's Unusual Plants and Wildflowers
By Jim Bishop. This is the second of a series about Jim's three-week wildflower tour of Greece and Crete. You can read the first article...
Aug 1, 2018


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Other Grecian Formula
This is the first of a series about Jim's three-week tour of Greece and Crete. By Jim Bishop. This past March, I was able to join a tour...
Jun 1, 2018
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